wire-puller Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends

WordNet


Wire"-pull`er noun
Definitions
  1. One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer.
    Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.

Webster 1913